
In a April 2but of 1982Argentine troops occupy the Falkland Islandsunder the control of United Kingdomwhich triggers a war between the two countries. After three months of intense fighting, Argentina He signed the surrender on June 14 of that same year. The Falklands War It left a balance of 649 Argentine soldiers, 255 British and three civilians dead.
1767.- Charles III decrees the expulsion of the jesuits of Spain.
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1792.- First coinage of US dollar.
1800.- The German composer Ludwig van Beethoven conducts the premiere of his first symphony, in Vienna (Austria).
1854.- Begins to be published in Paris The Figarofirst as a weekly and since 1866 as a daily.
1884.- Inauguration of the National Library of Mexico.
1916.- First free elections in Argentinain which he is elected president Hipólito Yrigoyen.
1932.- The first film about Tarzan‘Tarzan the Ape Man‘(Tarzan of the Apes), starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan.
1935.- The British physicist Sir Robert Watson-Watt patents radar in England.
1939.- USA recognizes the new Spanish Government of Franc. They had done it before France and Great Britain.
1940.- Publication of ‘Poet in New York‘, of Federico García Lorca.
1972.- The British actor Charlie Chaplin comes back to USA to receive a honorary oscartwenty years after leaving the country after being accused of being a communist.
1978.- The American chain C.B.S. broadcasts the first episode of the series ‘dallas‘.
1992.- The gangster John Gotti is sentenced to life sentence by a court of New York.
2005.- He dies Pope John Paul IIat 84 years old, after 26 and a half years of pontificate.
2013.- The UN approves the Arms Trade Treaty.
2015.- Iran agrees with six great powers on a framework agreement that limits its nuclear program.
2019.- The president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflikapresents his resignation after weeks of popular protests demanding his departure from power.
2025.- In what he calls the ‘liberation day‘, donald trump announces a universal 10% tariff on US imports and surcharges for a number of countries, including 34% to China and 20% to the European Union.
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1725.- Giacomo Girolamo CasanovaItalian writer and adventurer.
1805.- Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer.
1840.- Emilio ZolaFrench writer.
1914.- Alec GuinessBritish actor.
1939.- Marvin GayeAmerican musician and singer.
1947.- Emmylou HarrisAmerican singer.
.- Paquita from the neighborhoodMexican singer.
1950.- José Victor Rodríguez CaroSpanish designer and couturier of the Victorio-Lucchino firm.
1959.– Alberto Angel Fernandezformer Argentine president.
1872.- Samuel MorseAmerican, inventor of the communication code that bears his name.
1974.- Georges Pompidouformer president of France.
2003.- Terenci MoixSpanish writer.
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2005.- Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla.
2013.- Jesus FrancoSpanish film director.
2018.- Winnie Madikizela-MandelaSouth African politician and activist, wife of Nelson Mandela.
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